BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – For the second-straight year, a Chanticleer won gold in the women's 60-meter hurdles, as
Alexis Glasco finished first with a school record time to lead the Coastal Carolina women's indoor track & field team to a second-place finish at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The Chants finished second overall with 76.5 points, marking the program's best team finish since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2016-17.
Arkansas State won the women's team championship with 106.5 points.
Coastal finished ahead of Texas State (73), South Alabama (58), and Georgia Southern (56), who rounded out the top five.
Glasco highlighted day two of the 2023 SBC Championships with a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a new school record time of 8.08. Her time is the 12th-fastest in all of NCAA Division I to date.
On top of Glasco's gold medal performance, fellow Chant
Sydney Clemens earned a bronze medal in the sprint hurdles event with a third-place finish and a new personal-best time of 8.33. Her time was tied for the second-fastest time in CCU history.
Glasco also posted a fourth-place finish in the women's 60-meters with a time of 7.44, finishing four spots in front of teammate
Kayla Sweeney and her time of 7.49, which placed her eighth overall in the sprint event.
The duo finished back-to-back in fifth and sixth place, respectively, in the 200-meters, as Glasco took fifth with her time of 23.85, while Sweeney placed sixth with a personal-best time of 23.92. Sweeney's time was also the fourth-best mark on CCU's performance list.
Also winning a bronze medal for the Chants on Tuesday were distance runners
Amilia Wise-Sweat and
Molly Jones. Wise-Sweat recorded a third-place finish in the women's 800-meters with a time of 2:11.43, while Jones crossed the finish line in third overall in the women's 1-mile run with her time of 4:52.38.
Jones also nearly medaled in the women's 3000-meters, as she placed fourth overall with a time of 9:41.88.
Also on the track, CCU's
Lauren Gordon picked up a seventh-place finish in the women's 400-meters with a time of 55.65, while the women's 4x400-meter relay team of Gordon,
Amelia Canetto,
Amanda Kinloch, and
Amaryah White crossed the finish line sixth overall with a time of 3:45.37. Their time was the sixth-best in CCU's record book.
In the field events on day two of competition, sophomore
Camryn Lorick placed fourth overall in the women's high jump event, matching her career-best mark of 1.68 meters, while redshirt junior
Kynnedy Dennis placed fifth in the women's pole vault event with a personal-best height of 3.79 meters. Both marks were the second-best in their respective events in CCU history.
The Chants had two freshmen compete in the women's triple jump event, as
Claire Spiller set a new personal-best mark of 11.68 meters to place 15th overall, while classmate
Mia Lewis placed 21st with her distance of 11.14 meters.
Over the two-day championship meet, the Chants totaled six top-three finishes, including winning a gold medal in the 60-meter hurdles. They also won bronze in the DMR, weight throw, 60-meter hurdles, 800-meters, and 1-mile run.
Chanticleer Performers – Day Two
Women's 60-Meter Dash (Finals)
4.
Alexis Glasco – 7.44
8.
Kayla Sweeney – 7.49
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
1.
Alexis Glasco – 8.08 (school record)
3.
Sydney Clemens – 8.33 (PR)
Women's 200-Meters (Finals)
5.
Alexis Glasco – 23.85
6.
Kayla Sweeney – 23.92 (PR)
Women's 400-Meters (Finals)
7.
Lauren Gordon – 55.65
Women's 800-Meters (Finals)
3.
Amilia Wise-Sweat – 2:11.43
Women's 1-Mile Run (Finals)
3.
Molly Jones – 4:52.38
Women's 3000-Meters (Finals)
4.
Molly Jones – 9:41.88
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Finals)
6. Coastal Carolina – 3:45.37
Women's High Jump (Finals)
4.
Camryn Lorick – 1.68m (PR)
Women's Pole Vault (Finals)
5.
Kynnedy Dennis – 3.79m (PR)
Women's Triple Jump (Finals)
15.
Claire Spiller – 11.68m (PR)
21.
Mia Lewis – 11.14m
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